Future election: Coakley is seen as the presumptive favorite to be the Democratic nominee in the 2014 election. Other Democratic candidates have either decided not to run or do not have the name recognition to compete.

Polling results:
Public Policy Polling, September 24, 2013

Favorable: 49%
Unfavorable: 38%
Not sure: 13%

Martha Coakley (D): 51%
Charlie Baker (R): 38%
Not sure: 11%

Issues/Positions/Accomplishments

Support of buffer zone laws, requiring a 35 foot buffer zone at the entrance for reproductive health care service providers who provide abortions

Worked with Apple, Inc. to make sure iTunes software complied with ADA rules and guidelines

Argued in Melendez-Diazv. Massachusetts that it was not a violation of the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution to submit a chemical drug test report without the testimony of the one who administered the test

Challenged the constitutionality of DOMA

Brought lawsuits against Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs after the financial crisis

Helped start a cyber forensics lab

Worked with other states and leading social media sites Facebook and MySpace to establish age verification

Lobbied for enhanced penalties for sexual predators

Supports a law that establishes human trafficking as a crime in Massachusetts

Worked with other states to establish the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases

Helped draft a law that tries to regulate obscenity on the internet that was later overturned based on First Amendment grounds